Agenda item

In accordance with the Sub Committee’s protocol for hearing representations; when the recommendation is to grant planning permission, two objectors may be given up to 6 minutes (divided between them) to make representations. Where the recommendation is to refuse planning permission, the applicant and supporters will be allowed to address the Committee. For items considered previously by the Committee and deferred, where the recommendation is to grant permission, one objector may be given up to 3 minutes to make representations.

Samuel Uff, principal planning officer, introduced the item. 

The following was noted in response to questions from the committee: 

• There would be a mixture of tenures within this development, there would be connected cores and residents would still have individual accesses for each of those.  

• Affordable rent is the closest affordable tenure to the social housing model, in terms of costs to residents. The council would be purchasing a few of the affordable homes. It was not yet confirmed which homes the council would purchase in the final phase of the St Ann’s masterplan.  

• In the affordable rented houses, there would be separate kitchen-diners, all other homes would be open plan.  

• There was no operator on board yet for the shop in the development,  

• There would be 54% affordable rented homes within this scheme, which builds into the overall 60% figure across the wider St Ann’s masterplan. 

• The applicant had gone through a marketing exercise over the summer regarding the water tower (located Phase 1A) and is likely to bring it forward now as part of the workspace offer.  

• The applicant had retained almost all the trees on the site; there would also be fruiting trees which would form a courtyard on the site. 

• In terms of bike storage for the houses, residents would take their bikes around to the back of the house and lock it in storage in the back garden; this would allow for bin stores to be located at the front, whilst minimising clutter. 

• The applicant had been marketing the commercial space in a previous phase for a year, so far, they had received interest from a workspace and a nursery.  

• The development would pay CIL and it could be possible for this to spent on libraries, this has been done previously. 

• The applicant undertook a comprehensive flood risk assessment and drainage strategy with each phase, they had resubmitted that information along with an additional detailed strategy and drainage strategy as well. There was a positive meeting with the flood risk officer recently. 

The Chair asked Catherine Smyth, Head of Development Management and Enforcement Planning to sum up the recommendation as set out in the report. The Chair moved that the recommendation be approved following a unanimous decision.  

RESOLVED 

2.1 That delegated authority be granted to the Head of Development Management or the Director of Planning and Building Standards to make any alterations, additions or deletions to the recommended conditions as set out in this report and to further delegate this power provided this authority shall be exercised in consultation with the Chair (or in their absence the Vice-Chair) of the Planning Sub-Committee. 

 
2.2?That the Committee resolve to GRANT CONSENT for both the reserved matters approval application and approval of details for phase 3 of the development in relation to Conditions 61 (Reserved Matters Submission Requirements), (62 (Reserved Matters Timeframe), 63 (Reserved Matters Compliance Statement), 65 (Drawing References), 66 (Cycle Provision), 67 (Accessible Housing), 68 (Fire Statement), 69 (Ecological Impact Assessment), 70 (Circular Economy Statement), 71 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 73 (Climate Change Adaptation), 77 (Car Park Management Plan), 79 (Energy Strategy) and 80 (Overheating Strategy) and partial approval of condition 72 (Boundary Walls). 

2.3 That the Committee authorise the Head of Development Management or the Director of Planning and Building Standards to issue the reserved matters consent subject to the conditions and informatives set out below. 

2.4 That the Committee authorise the Head of Development Management or the Director of Planning and Building Standards to issue the approvals, discharging the conditions submitted.